Space Force to loft 2 new ‘neighborhood watch’ sats, as leader frets launch funds
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond said should a year-long continuing resolution come to pass, the disruption for sat launches would "ripple" for years.
Space Force plans multiple hosted payloads for GEO belt monitoring
Space System Command's overarching goal is to develop "diverse" capabilities for space domain awareness across all orbits.
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An autonomy blueprint is essential to keep legacy platforms relevant in modern warfare
It’s about improving existing platforms with autonomy, and applying AI, edge computing, quantum encryption, and sensor fusion.
US, China, Russia Test New Space War Tactics: Sats Buzzing, Spoofing, Spying
Models shared exclusively with Breaking Defense offer a rare glimpse into nation-on-nation run-ins in space as satellites follow, flee, and, allegedly, listen in on each other.
What Satellite Attack Weapon Might The US Reveal Soon?
Space based jammers? Kinetic kill vehicles? Ground based lasers? The Pentagon has a space weapon it's ready to show, but it's not clear exactly what it will be.
Lamborn, Horn Pledge Bipartisan Support For Space
"I think maybe there is a mutual assured destruction in space," Rep. Lamborn said, "where no one will go there because the consequences will be too severe."
SDA Will Control Many Sat Buys, But NOT NROs: Tournear
"We are the ones that say this is what needs to be done" to build a next-gen space architecture, says SDA Acting Director Derek Tournear. Except when they don't.
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Constantly evolving aerial threats demand training that adapts accordingly
With potential adversaries no longer predictable, training must move beyond just live exercises and flight simulators.
Intel Community’s Secrecy Culture Frustrates DoD Sat Safety Effort
"People at the NRO and others hiding in unmarked cubicles in other parts of northern Virginia started breathing into bags like never before," said one DoD source about the 2018 SSA transparency policy.
Space Lasers for Satellite Defense Top New French Space Strategy
French Defense Minister Florence Parley says she has been exploring with French defense giant Thales concepts for what she called "fearsome little detectors" that "will be the eyes of our most valuable satellites."
CR Will Stall New Black Counterspace, RD-180 Replacement
AFA CONFERENCE: One of the rules that goes with a Continuing Resolution is that no new weapon programs can be started — unless Congress comes up with money and provides a waiver. And it looks as if Congress is likely to adopt a CR at the end of the month unless we all get very lucky. […]
US, Closest Allies Sign Space Operations Agreement
COLORADO SPRINGS: Australia, Britain, Canada and United States have signed a symbolically important Memorandum of Understanding committing them to “a partnership on combined space operations.” As is often the case with such international agreements — especially on such a highly sensitive area as space operations — figuring out what it means and how things may […]
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Next-generation KC-390 Millennium expands multimission options for air forces
The jet-powered transport’s speed, survivability and multi-mission agility position it as a viable option to the C-130 for the US and NATO allies.
New Spy Satellites Revealed By Air Force; Will Watch Other Sats
AFA WINTER, ORLANDO: The Air Force revealed today the existence of a new set of classified electro-optical satellites — the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSAP) — designed to spot other satellites and space debris. What effect might this have on nations, such as, say, China, who realize the enormous military advantage that space provides […]